unpromising
Example Sentences
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The GOP tax bill’s modest reforms to student loans might reduce the incentive for young people to pursue unpromising graduate degrees.
Electoral displacement is also unpromising given that the official opposition is split on tactics, faces daily repression, and Maduro has repeatedly signaled he will not accept a loss – even if he loses.
From Salon
Then there was World War II. Given Cooper’s eye injury and poor physique, he made for an unpromising soldier.
The port of L.A. has come far from its unpromising beginnings.
From Los Angeles Times
It was an unpromising start, and things only got worse from there.
From BBC
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